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Senate advances wildlife fee changes: resident license cut, new tag fees proposed
Summary
Senate Bill 117 reworks hunting-license pricing and fund allocation for the Division of Wildlife Resources, lowering the resident combination license while adding a tag fee and imposing steep nonresident tag costs; the bill moved to third reading after sponsor explanation and unanimous second-reading support.
Senate Bill 117, presented by Senator Chuck Peterson, reorganizes how hunting licenses and tags are structured and clarifies how revenue stays with the wildlife fund.
Peterson said the bill keeps interest and dividend revenue in the wildlife account, authorizes rental revenue to be credited to that fund, and restructures the deer-hunting fee schedule: it…
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